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Strangers on a Train

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A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person. From TMDB

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  • George Hahn @georgehahn.comBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    Tonight's movie: "Strangers on a Train" (1951), directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Throw Momma from the Train (1987) dir. Danny DeVito 🎬 A comical rehashing of Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, with its own peculiar ingredients and abstractions. '87 was one hell of a year for Hollywood. #filmsky #moviesky #cinema

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  • Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    I’m pretty sure STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951) outdrew everything else at my local Regal tonight. Not bad for a 75 yr-old film! Imagine how well it would do if Regal advertised its classics. Best of all, half the audience were in their 20s, likely drawn by Hitchcock's name. Love to see that. #FilmSky

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 5, 2026

    Strangers on a Train (1951) 🎬🖤 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    Strangers on a Train (1951) One of our faves from #botd Alfred Hitchcock 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema moremovies.co.uk/strangers-on...

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    Strangers on a Train (1951) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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  • David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    Raymond Chandler was, natch, a deliciously cynical, idiosyncratic and much copied novelist but he also co-wrote damn good screenplays including the magnificent Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia and Hitchcock’s terrific film of Patricia Highsmith’s debut thriller Strangers on a Train. Happy Birthday.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    Strangers on a Train (1951) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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  • Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    Made it to the start of the @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social Queer Hitchcock series. I’d seen Strangers on a Train multiple times before, but I’d never realized quite how funny it is until I enjoyed it with a big crowd. This moved it up several notches on my favorite Hitchcock list. (Walker is SO GOOD.)

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  • Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2026

    The Music Box explores one of the unspoken interests of the Master Of Suspense with our next classic film series FOND OF HIS MOTHER: QUEER-CODED HITCHCOCK! Featuring PSYCHO, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, ROPE, and more. June 6th-27th Full Schedule: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...

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  • Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2025

    #filmnoir #moviesky #filmsky 30: BEST Noir Ending #NoirvemberChallenge Yrs ago, I saw Strangers on a Train at the 1922 Castro Theater in SF. (Pat Hitchcock was there for a Q&A.) The moment the carousel came to its calamitous halt, the entire packed-house erupted in cheers. See it big if you can.

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    #BOTD 1928 Patricia Alma Hitchcock O'Connell: British-American actress and producer. Only child of director Alfred Hitchcock and film editor Alma Reville, had roles in several of her father's films: Stage Fright (1950),Strangers on a Train (1951) and Psycho (1960) www.theguardian.com/film/2021/au...

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  • Burnt Seanfferings aka Gay of the Dead @gayofthedead.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2026

    My husband and I do "movie homework" and watch films we should have seen but haven't and we just watched STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and that shit is gaaaaaaaayyyyy.....

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  • I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.appBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    “Strangers on a Train” (1951) good movie.

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  • Jon Sansom @jonsansom.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    Hitchcock heavy week, with the standout being Strangers on a Train - a cautionary tale on why you don't engage in conversation with randos on public transport. #LetterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched #moviesky #filmsky

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  • Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.socialBluesky · May 24, 2025

    Hitch Film It Broke My Heart Not to Include: Strangers on a Train (mostly for Pat) Underdog Hitch Film I Absolutely Adore: Sabotage Favorite At-Best-B-Level Hitch Film, But God It's Fun: Stage Fright

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  • American Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.comBluesky · Mar 22, 2024

    Learning that Tim Robinson's favorite film is STRANGERS ON A TRAIN snaps everything into place, because STRANGERS ON A TRAIN is such an I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE scenario played straight.

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  • Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    I read the book version of Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith while traveling this weekend and had no idea how much more fucked up it is than the movie. Bom video 👍

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  • Candy-seeking Agoraphobe 🍬🐈‍⬛🎃 @janetarchaic.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2024

    #MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 13: Book To Movie Adaptation Start with Patricia Highsmith. Add Alfred Hitchcock. Stir. Strangers On A Train, 1951

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  • Eric Vondy @evondy.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Down Periscope - light military comedy. Not bad. Strangers on a Train - Hitchcock classic The Mummy - Why Universal’s Dark Universe didn’t use this as a film as a model is beyond me. Dust Bunny - A cozy horror version of The Professional.

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    Once You Meet a Stranger (1996) TV Movie remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. In the remake, the genders of the principal characters have been switched. It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Theresa Russell.

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  • Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    excited to introduce a 35mm screening of North by Northwest, my favorite Hitchcock movie*, at @paristheaternyc.bsky.social this Saturday, June 7. Come on out! (*unless it’s Strangers on a Train)

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  • david wiggins @wordingway.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2025

    meditation, movement, and puzzles wrapped. sunday rain calls for a classic: Strangers on a Train. 🍿 🎾 🔥🚬 👓 💀 #filmsky #hitchcock #strangersonatrain #filmnoir

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  • LaT @latxcvi.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith One movie 🎥 — All About Eve One album 💿 — Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder One* TV show 📺 — Smallville/Nirvana in Fire *You need both to understand me.

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  • Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    #filmsky #moviesky #necktiesofnoir #filmnoir The absolute brilliance of Robert Walker #BOTD Strangers on a Train, 1951 (Noir necktie note: his lobster tie and clip were designed by Alfred Hitchcock)

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2025

    Tonight’s movie: 1951’s “Strangers On A Train”.

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  • FPL Maison @fplmaison.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Eclectic mix this week. First time for ‘Strangers on a Train’. Great film but not sure the grizzly murder at the fun fair was entirely appropriate for a Sunday lunchtime broadcast on the BBC 🤣 #filmsky 📽

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  • Dr Seán Ketchem @cskwriter.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2026

    It isn't really a one-take movie, there are obvious (though admittedly still smoothly edited) cuts when they move from room to room or objects suddenly fill up the view. But as the film The Celluloid Closet observed, "Trust Hitchcock to create not one but two gay villains" (ie Strangers on a Train).

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  • Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2025

    My 200th film of the year will be a first time watch of Strangers on a Train (1951, USA) - Alfred Hitchcock 📽️ #Filmsky

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Today's movie is Strangers On A Train (1951)

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  • Moondoggie (Rick) @moondogrick.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    Carol Burnett (who looks great) at the Turner Classic Film Festival today, discussing how Strangers On a Train got her fired. #filmsky 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUH_...

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    #NowWatching Strangers on a Train (1951) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock #MovieSky #Movies #FilmSky

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  • Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.comBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    Tubi has everything a girl could dream of, in no particular order: that Lifetime movie from 1995 with Kellie Martin, a different Lifetime movie from 1995 with Kellie Martin, some incredible classic cinema (finally watched Strangers on a Train for the first time) and now this!

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2026

    Farley Granger in Hitchcock's film "Strangers on a Train" - BOTD

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2025

    #NowWatching THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN (1987). Director: Danny DeVito. Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito. Following up STRANGERS ON A TRAIN with more criss-cross murder machinations. Anne Ramsey receiving Oscar nod as Momma was absolutely inspired! #filmsky 📽

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  • Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    Latest read (audio), Strangers on a Train (1950) by Patricia Highsmith; even without the significant changes from the Hitchcock film, changes that add more moral quandary, this would be worth the read for the exemplary writing. Highsmith perfectly demonstrates "show don't tell". #BookSky

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  • Steve Hayes @stevehayestoq.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2025

    Happy Birthday FARLEY GRANGER! 🎂 Remembered for Hitchcock's classics including STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, career in film & stage, including Broadway's DEATHTRAP. His memoir, INCLUDE ME OUT, detailed his life & relationships. Love him in Hitchcock's ROPE (1948). My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/ypz4SgX8GXs?...

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    #NowWatching STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951). Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Farley Granger, Robert Walker. Love this movie so much. Once I rewatch, I know a THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN viewing can't be far behind! #filmsky 📽

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  • Marci @marcikay.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2025

    #NoirvemberChallenge 4. Film noir ahead of its time: Strangers on a Train (1951). #FilmNoir #Noirvember #FilmSky

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  • Paula @totallypaula.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    Books to film 📚=🎞️ Strangers on a Train(1950) by Patricia Highsmith was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Two strangers meet on a train, one of whom is a psychopath who suggests that they "exchange" murders so that neither will be caught. Enjoyed the book more than the movie. #booksky #filmsky

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    #BOTD 1928 Patricia Alma Hitchcock O'Connell: English-American actress and producer. Only child of Alfred Hitchcock and film editor Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of his films, with her most substantial appearance being in Strangers on a Train (1951) share.google/RGOMuh8g6ByX...

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  • Miranda's BookScape @mirandasbookscape.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2023

    Introduce yourself with a book, film and TV show: 📖 Jane Eyre 🎞️ Strangers on a Train (and the book also!) 📺 Stranger Things 💙📚

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · Nov 8, 2024

    It's the Friday night special, racing into the darkness with some nefarious passengers on board. Strangers on a Train (1951) dir. Alfred Hitchcock Our review: youtu.be/WXJ_59mcFoA?... #Noirvember #film #cinema #movies

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  • Dr. Dani Sanchez, MFA, PhD (She/Her/They/Them) @analgesicsleep.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2026

    Director Alfred Hitchcock on the set of “Strangers on a Train” (also pictured: Farley Granger, Robert Walker and the director daughter Patricia Hitchcock, who also starred in the film) #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StrangersOnATrain #AlfredHitchcock #FilmNoir #DarknessAtNoon

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  • Deus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monsterBluesky · Aug 16, 2025

    Watching Strangers on a Train because I was thinking about it. It’s a really good movie

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  • Mark Anthony Austin @bobafettanhse.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2025

    I have 2 favorite Hitchcock movies. Strangers on a Train (1951) Rear Window (that this is the movie set from - 1954)

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2024

    Alfred Hitchcock (with scenes from his film "Strangers on a Train") - BOTD

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  • Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    Our new classic film series FOND OF HIS MOTHER: QUEER-CODED HITCHCOCK kicks off with a 35mm screening of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN! This Saturday June 6th at 11:30am Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

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  • Adam K @adamkek.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched? Strangers on a Train Tombstone Hot Fuzz Solo: a Star Wars Story Sort of a cops and criminals week. I'm not normally into movies with as much graphic blood as Hot Fuzz, but that movie is SO GOOD I have to make an exception. #Letterboxd

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  • feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2025

    What’s your Hitchcock Top 5? because I like to torture myself here’s mine: 1. Strangers on a Train 2. Rope 3. Psycho 4. Rebecca 5. Shadow of a Doubt (I’m sorry a bad movie nerd but I’ve never loved Vertigo😬)

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  • Charles Jay @chazjay425.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    And I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the 1951 film “Strangers on a Train” based on a Patricia Highsmith novel with a screenplay co-written by Raymond Chandler.” Or “Spellbound” (1945) starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman with a surrealistic dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali.

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  • MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    BOTD Patricia Highsmith!! MCCT5 (adaptations): 5)Purple Noon 4)Cry/Owl 3)Carol 2)American Friend 1)Strangers on a Train More: @guylodge.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2021/ja... @emotrophywife.bsky.social: observer.com/2022/02/the-... @sarahweinman.com: www.nytimes.com/article/best...

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  • Mark McCondach @mccondach.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2025

    Strangers on a Train - Hitchcock film

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  • turk4bears.bsky.social @turk4bears.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2025

    Name a Black and White Film made before 1970. Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers on a Train’

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  • Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.comBluesky · Aug 17, 2025

    My family ran a video store, so we had access to basically any movie we wanted, which was the reason for the rule, we'd have gotten through the whole store pretty quickly if we could just watch anything any time, so it was library first, movie second. Finally watched Strangers on a Train last week.

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  • J°o°hnny S @zoidberg1977.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2026

    Seeing my favorite #AlfredHitchcock movie STRANGERS ON A TRAIN with friends in theaters.

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  • Thomas A @binkytom.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday Strangers on a Train The Gleaners and I Night of the Juggler Zardoz

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  • Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2025

    Five favorite black-and-white movies To Be or Not To Be La Belle et La Bête Strangers on a Train To Kill a Mockingbird Hmmmm The Night of the Hunter though I want a movie with Peter Lorre like M

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  • Alicat⁷ 🐈 @djalicat.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2024

    Today I’m mostly watching Hitchcock movies. First up, Strangers on a Train. #filmsky #movies #film #hitchcock 🎬🎥🎦📽️🎞️

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  • Robert David Sullivan @robertdsullivan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    Best “meet-cute” in movie history until Strangers on a Train.

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